Malaria Consortium ,Public Health Communications Specialist Jobs in Uganda

Closing
date: 18 Jun 2015
We
are currently recruiting for a Public Health Communication Specialist. The job
holder will work in the technical team within the Africa Sub region, and within
the organisation’s Public Health Comm

unication (PHC) cluster, to provide
high-quality technical support and advice to countries and projects’ teams to
plan, implement, and evaluate a variety of health communication and marketing
activities designed to impact positive health outcomes.

The
successful candidate will have:
  • A
    Master’s degree in communications or social development or related field;
    A combination of specialized experience and graduate education may qualify
  • A
    minimum of 5 years’ experience in the design and implementation of social
    and behaviour change communication, or social marketing programmes, in low
    or middle-income countries
  • Experience
    communicating about malaria, or other communicable diseases
  • Knowledge
    of health communication and marketing principles, practices and techniques
  • Experience
    applying appropriate research and evaluation methods for health
    communication programming
  • Able
    to articulate advocacy, social mobilization and behaviour change
    interventions in strategic communication planning
  • Strong
    ability to work independently and take initiative, as well as to work
    effectively as part of a decentralized team
  • Strong
    capacity to analyse and use empirical evidence and qualitative data
  • Excellent
    oral and written communication skills in English AND French, especially
    report writing and presentation skills
The
post will require travel within Africa (up to 40%)
This
is a maternity cover and length of the contract is: 6 months, starting on 1st
July 2015
Location:
Kampala Regional Office (or UK office)
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full job description please click here.
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